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Villages in the <strong>Cluny</strong> area<br />

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cCortambert<br />

Four crosses along the roads (chemin du cimetière, 2 in<br />

Toury,Varanges), three washhouses: le Bourg – Toury – Varanges,<br />

two bridges: Cotte and Merzé (18th century), Cotte<br />

chapel (private), Butte castle in Vent (private, end of the<br />

13th century and the 19th Chérizet is a small village to the north-west of <strong>Cluny</strong><br />

which covers an area of 3km<br />

century chapel), Notre Dame des<br />

Roches.<br />

2 cChérizet<br />

13 km northwest<br />

. Saint Martin’s Church<br />

has lived through many eras, the transept under the<br />

bell tower, the bell tower and the apse date from the<br />

Romanesque era, and the nave was built between<br />

1870 and 1873.<br />

12 km northeast<br />

cCurtil-sous-Buffières<br />

Curtil-sous-Buffières is built on the slope of a hill<br />

set with copses and woods. Historical heritage<br />

includes here a castle (private property, not<br />

open for visits), a Romanesque church, a<br />

washhouse, standing stones, old houses and a<br />

well. The castle was lived in by Spanish monks.<br />

In the old priory an inscription can still be seen<br />

written in Spanish. According to tradition the<br />

water in the courtyard healed fever, colds and<br />

rheumatism.<br />

VISIT AND DISCOVER THE CLUNY AREA<br />

Bed and breakfast and self-catering cottages.<br />

Circuit du bois de la Faz (5 km), circuit des vignes (5 km),<br />

circuit du faitral (8 km).<br />

12 km northeast<br />

Bar-tabac-restaurant-store, bed and breakfast and self-catering cottages.<br />

Par le bocage et les menhirs (5,5 km), le tour du Laurendon par les Bois (6,5 km).<br />

Inn, self-catering cottages, yurts.<br />

c<br />

11 km west<br />

Donzy-le-National<br />

This village with its wooded, rolling landscape, boasts a<br />

wealth of well preserved architectural heritage. Numerous<br />

washhouses and crosses lie along the footpaths.<br />

The church dates from the end of the Romanesque<br />

period. The Ciné Pause cultural association organises<br />

a number of cinema-based events, and notably a<br />

high quality film festival. (July 31 to August 4, 2013<br />

- www.cinepause.org).<br />

Perched on a hill between <strong>Cluny</strong>, Cortambert and Azé, the village<br />

opens onto a magnificent, tree-studded rolling landscape<br />

where a multitude of dry stone walls still remain. The church dates<br />

from the 11th Ancien moulin des murgers (3 km), balade en forêt (8 km), le Mont (8 km), Donzy-le-National<br />

cdans sa diversité (17 km).<br />

Donzy-le-Pertuis<br />

12 km northwest<br />

century and is classified as a historic monument. The<br />

washhouse is currently being restored and the tower is known as<br />

the “Pavillon Tower”.<br />

St Thibaut’s church, with its Romanesque bell tower with<br />

Lombard bands, is built on two floors (12th century), the<br />

nave and apse date from 1822. Flagy has five Tuscan<br />

crosses. Sirot castle (private), a former manor house (13th century) has retained an imposing cylindrical tower from<br />

the feudal period. Villard, Sirot and Flagy still have three<br />

19th Art-craft, self-catering cottage.<br />

c<br />

De la Mouge aux crêtes (5,6 km), circuit des roches (5 km).<br />

8 km northeast<br />

Flagy<br />

century hydraulic systems which are each based<br />

around three elements: fountain, drinking trough and<br />

washhouse.<br />

Circuit autour du vallon (12,4 km).<br />

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